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The Department of Social Services assists families and individuals in becoming
socially and economically self-sufficient and independent. Benefits
programs include temporary assistance for needy families, food stamps,
Medicaid, energy assistance, general relief, fraud prevention, children's
medical security insurance. Social work programs include adoption, adult
services/adult protective services, child protective services, day care
services for children, foster care, court services; and employment services
for welfare recipients.
Our mission is to assist families and individuals to achieve social and economic security and
self-determination. The Department encourages and provides for participation in our programs, not
as an end, but as a means to empower families and individuals to attain self-sufficiency and independence.
In cases where client or community limitations preclude independence, the Department"s
goal is to focus on those services which families and individuals cannot better provide
for themselves, and to do so in the least intrusive manner.
Visit the Virginia Department of Social
Services website.
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Health and Human Services Building
210 South Pepper Street, Suite B
PO Box 789
Christiansburg VA, 24068-0789
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| Phone: | (540) 382-6990 |
| Fax: | (540) 382-6945 |
| lln121@western.dss.state.va.us |
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| Hours: | Mon.-Fri. 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. |
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